第二次世界大战回忆录2：晦暗不明的战争

🗓日期 ：2026/08/08（後補） 📕課程: Mr. Churchill《The Power of the Words 》 [咖啡]關鍵詞: 知己知彼務實應對 🍑方程式：見證併改變歷史=英軍非洲記者+被俘逃生+見證一戰+最早預警德國威脅+領導英國抗德5年+羅斯福去世+斯大林去世+宣佈冷戰 1. On Nazi cruelty & fighting power (original excerpts) “This man has gathered round him the most formidable apparatus of tyranny and military force the world has ever seen. The Nazi movement is armed with science, organised for violence, fed by hatred. Its armies move with terrible speed and striking power; its secret police inflicts cruelties which darken the story of modern man.” “Hitler’s Germany possesses immense military virtue. The discipline, the bravery, the mechanical skill of German soldiers are not to be denied. But all this strength is harnessed to a creed of ruthless domination, to the trampling down of small nations, to the persecution of whole races.” 2. Churchill’s diagnosis of Nazi weaknesses (original excerpts) “For all their martial prowess, the Nazi system bears fatal weaknesses. It is built upon fear and lies. It unites by oppression; it can only rule by suppressing truth. Its internal unity rests on terror, not consent. It triumphs so long as it wins quick victories; it cannot endure prolonged set‑backs. The structure will strain and crack when hopes of easy conquest fade.” “He has conquered many peoples, but he has not won their hearts. Subject nations wait for his hour of weakness. His empire is an empire held down by bayonets.” 3. Churchill’s counter‑strategy / response (original excerpts) “If you ask what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. If you ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.” (House of Commons, 13 May 1940) “We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing‑grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” (4 June 1940) “Resist, endure, unite. Combine the stubborn will of the British Islands with the resources of the free world. Defeat cannot be final so long as free men refuse to bow.” ​

二战伊始，在野多年的丘吉尔终于入选战时内阁，获任海军大臣，海军是英国强于德国的唯一军种。第二册主要展现了在丘吉尔的领导下，英德之间在战争初期波澜壮阔的海战。文末浓墨于挪威战役，因为该战役的失利，导致了张伯伦的下台、丘吉尔的接棒。

丘吉尔的这一部分回忆很容易被遗忘或忽视，但在我看来却是弥足珍贵，尤其是挪威战役部分。丘吉尔不是一个天分极高的人物，从战略天才的角度，我以为他远不如希特勒，更何况他有达达尼尔惨败的前科。然而丘吉尔始终富于斗志，勤勉勇敢，并且能够在连续的逆境中愈挫愈勇。挪威战役是失败的，但失败中孕育着成功的因素。经此一役，丘吉尔对战争的把控渐趋成熟，最后挽救了帝国。

张伯伦政府为挪威战争负责而倒台，丘吉尔先生临危受命重组内阁，英国开明的政治氛围，公开的演说辩论代表了一个欧洲强国在第二次世界大战中的领袖风采。

事无巨细，有时候看的有点烦，苏联侵略芬兰，德国侵略挪威，盟军和德国在挪威展开了激烈争夺，盟军损失惨重。结尾处德国入侵荷兰，丘吉尔上台

事无巨细一一道来，跳开第一本来看的，这一本后尾处，丘吉尔上任了，主要记录海军在前期战争中的争夺、防御、军备对比。没有完备的地理知识，对于战争战略部署合作等简直一头雾水啊，知识的储备，那叫用到实处方恨少。我只是瞎看看的了。因为是诺贝尔文学奖的作品[偷笑]，8本呢，后面关于对日，美国卷入的，和最后胜利的，收了，断断续续再看吧。

历史上，没有哪次战争可以比这次更加容易地预防。上一次大战，世界遭受了严重的毁坏，这一次，又将上一次仅存的东西毁灭了。现在正义的一方取得了胜利，为此亿万人拼尽力气艰苦作战，甚至付出了生命。可是我们还是没有迎来和平或是安全，我们终于消灭了那个危难，然而现在却陷入了比之前更大的危险之中。这简直是人类史上最悲剧的事情了。吃一堑，长一智，人们应该牢记之前的教训。对于新生的一代人，我热切地希望他们能够改正之前的错误，从人类的需求和尊严出发，对于可预见的可怕未来加以掌控。

连续读完2本，终于对各种舰、艇、鱼雷、水雷等好好百度学习了一下，也对二次世界大战中北欧战场由中立到被侵略的演变有了了解，挪威战役的失败过程，也充分暴露出战时的英国民主政府的低效率、犹疑不决和党派之争的弊端，至暗时刻即将过去，即将迎来丘吉尔执政的新的高效运转的战时内阁

在晦暗不明的道路中行走，每艰难的从泥泞中移动一步，本应如期而至的欢快都瞬间幻灭，变为突袭的失望，再一次反复的结束时，巨大的绝望来了，一切明亮了，耀眼了起来，站立的位置也发生了变化  这本最后一章恰好是至暗时刻的故事背景发生时间。

让人影响深刻的是丘吉尔的管理非常细，懂得也很多，爱思考，想办法如何解决问题